§10.759amborum et tantos mortalibus esse labores: §10.760hinc Venus, hinc contra spectat Saturnia Iuno, §10.761pallida Tisiphone media inter milia saevit.
pitying the empty anger of both, and that there are such great hardships for mortals: from here Venus, from there opposite looks Saturnian Juno, pale Tisiphone rages in the midst of the thousands.
But indeed Mezentius, shaking his huge spear, enters the field, raging.
Quam magnus Orion, §10.764cum pedes incedit medii per maxima Nerei §10.765stagna viam scindens, umero supereminet undas §10.766aut summis referens annosam montibus ornum §10.767ingrediturque solo et caput inter nubila condit: §10.768talis se vastis infert Mezentius armis.
As great Orion, when he walks on foot, cutting his way through the deepest pools of mid-Nereus, towers with his shoulder above the waves, or, bringing back an ancient ash from the mountaintops, walks on the ground and hides his head among the clouds: such Mezentius bears himself with his giant armor.
Opposite him Aeneas, having spied him in the long line, prepares to go to meet him.
Manet imperterritus ille, §10.771hostem magnanimum opperiens, et mole sua stat; §10.772atque oculis spatium emensus, quantum satis hastae:
He remains undaunted, waiting for his noble enemy, and stands in his own bulk; and measuring with his eyes a distance as much as is enough for his spear: "My right hand is my god, and this weapon which I poise to throw, now let them aid me!
§10.773Dextra mihi deus et telum, quod missile libro, §10.774nunc adsint! Voveo praedonis corpore raptis §10.775indutum spoliis ipsum te, Lause, tropaeum §10.776Aeneae. Dixit stridentemque eminus hastam §10.777iecit; at illa volans clipeo est excussa proculque §10.778egregium Antoren latus inter et ilia figit, §10.779Herculis Antoren comitem, qui missus ab Argis §10.780haeserat Euandro atque Itala consederat urbe.
I vow you yourself, Lausus, clad in the spoils stripped from the body of the robber, to be the trophy of Aeneas." He spoke, and threw the hissing spear from afar; but flying, it was deflected from the shield and far away pierces noble Antores between the side and the flank, Antores, a companion of Hercules, who, sent from Argos, had joined Evander and settled in an Italian city.
§10.781Sternitur infelix alieno volnere caelumque §10.782aspicit et dulcis moriens reminiscitur Argos
He falls, unhappy, by a wound meant for another, and looks up at the sky, and dying, remembers his sweet Argos.
§10.783tum pius Aeneas hastam iacit: illa per orbem §10.784aere cavum triplici, per linea terga tribusque §10.785transit intextum tauris opus imaque sedit §10.786inguine, sed viris haud pertulit.
Then pious Aeneas throws his spear: it passes through the shield hollowed with triple bronze, through the linen layers, and the work woven with three bulls' hides, and settled deep in his groin, but did not carry its force through.
Ocius ensem §10.787Aeneas, viso Tyrrheni sanguine laetus, §10.788eripit a femine et trepidanti fervidus instat.
Swiftly Aeneas, joyful at the sight of the Etruscan's blood, snatches his sword from his thigh and eagerly presses on the trembling foe.
§10.789Ingemuit cari graviter genitoris amore, §10.790ut vidit, Lausus, lacrimaeque per ora volutae.
Lausus groaned heavily out of love for his dear father, when he saw it, and tears rolled down his face.
§10.791Hic mortis durae casum tuaque optima facta, §10.792siqua fidem tanto est operi latura vetustas, §10.793non equidem nec te, iuvenis memorande, silebo.
Here indeed, if any antiquity is to bring belief to so great a deed, I shall not keep silent on the disaster of your harsh death, nor your noble deeds, nor you yourself, O youth to be remembered.
§10.794Ille pedem referens et inutilis inque ligatus §10.795cedebat clipeoque inimicum hastile trahebat: §10.796prorupit iuvenis seseque immiscuit armis §10.797iamque adsurgentis dextra plagamque ferentis §10.798Aeneae subiit mucronem ipsumque morando §10.799sustinuit.
He, drawing back his foot, useless and entangled, was retreating, dragging the enemy's spear in his shield: the youth burst forward and mixed himself into the fight, and just as the right hand of Aeneas was rising and delivering a blow, he went under the blade and sustained the blow itself by delaying him.
Socii magno clamore sequuntur, §10.800dum genitor nati parma protectus abiret, §10.801telaque coniciunt proturbantque eminus hostem §10.802missilibus.
His comrades follow with a loud shout, until the father could withdraw, protected by his son's shield, and they hurl weapons and drive back the enemy from afar with missiles.
Furit Aeneas tectusque tenet se.
Aeneas rages and keeps himself covered.
§10.803Ac velut effusa siquando grandine nimbi §10.804praecipitant, omnis campis diffugit arator §10.805omnis et agricola et tuta latet arce viator, §10.806aut amnis ripis aut alti fornice saxi, §10.807dum pluit in terris, ut possint sole reducto §10.808exercere diem: sic obrutus undique telis §10.809Aeneas nubem belli, dum detonet omnis, §10.810sustinet et Lausum increpitat Lausoque minatur: §10.811Quo moriture ruis maioraque viribus audes? §10.812Fallit te incautum pietas tua.
And just as when clouds pour down with showering hail, every plowman flees from the fields and every husbandman, and the traveler hides in a safe stronghold, either under the banks of a river or the arch of a high rock, while it rains on the earth, so that they can, when the sun is restored, exercise the day: so, overwhelmed from all sides with weapons, Aeneas sustains the cloud of war until it has spent all its thunder, and chides Lausus and threatens Lausus: "Where do you rush to die, and dare things greater than your strength?
Nec minus ille §10.813exsultat demens; saevae iamque altius irae §10.814Dardanio surgunt ductori, extremaque Lauso §10.815Parcae fila legunt: validum namque exigit ensem §10.816per medium Aeneas iuvenem totumque recondit.
Your piety deceives you, incautious one." But no less does he, mad, exult; and now the savage anger of the Dardanian leader rises higher, and the Fates gather the last threads for Lausus: for Aeneas drives his strong sword through the middle of the youth and buries it completely.
§10.817Transiit et parmam mucro, levia arma minacis, §10.818et tunicam, molli mater quam neverat auro, §10.819implevitque sinum sanguis; tum vita per auras §10.820concessit maesta ad manis corpusque reliquit.
The blade passed through his shield, light armor for a threat, and the tunic which his mother had woven with soft gold, and blood filled his breast; then his life through the air withdrew sad to the shades and left his body.
§10.821At vero ut voltum vidit morientis et ora, §10.822ora modis Anchisiades pallentia miris, §10.823ingemuit miserans graviter dextramque tetendit, §10.824et mentem patriae subiit pietatis imago.
But indeed, when the son of Anchises saw the face of the dying boy, his face pale in a wondrous manner, he groaned heavily in pity and stretched out his right hand, and the image of his own fatherly piety entered his mind.
§10.825Quid tibi nunc, miserande puer, pro laudibus istis, §10.826quid pius Aeneas tanta dabit indole dignum?
"What now, pitiable boy, for those noble deeds of yours, what will pious Aeneas give you worthy of so great a nature?
§10.827Arma, quibus laetatus, habe tua, teque parentum §10.828manibus et cineri, siqua est ea cura, remitto.
Keep your armor, in which you rejoiced; and to the spirits and ashes of your parents I return you, if that is of any concern.
§10.829Hoc tamen infelix miseram solabere mortem: §10.830Aeneae magni dextra cadis. Increpat ultro §10.831cunctantis socios et terra sublevat ipsum, §10.832sanguine turpantem comptos de more capillos.
Yet, unhappy one, you shall solace your sad death with this: you fall by the right hand of great Aeneas." He chides also the hesitating comrades, and lifts him from the ground, staining his hair, combed in due fashion, with blood.
§10.833Interea genitor Tiberini ad fluminis undam §10.834volnera siccabat lymphis corpusque levabat §10.835arboris adclinis trunco.
Meanwhile his father, by the wave of the Tiber river, was bathing his wounds with water and resting his body, leaning against the trunk of a tree.
Procul aerea ramis
Afar, his bronze helmet on the branches